http://www.ghumakkar.com Travelling is good Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:58:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.ghumakkar.com/2009/11/17/vignettes-of-coorg-a-weekend-tour/ http://www.ghumakkar.com/2009/11/17/vignettes-of-coorg-a-weekend-tour/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:53:56 +0000 Arun http://www.ghumakkar.com/?p=7473
I have been footloose and travelling extensively in the last few years, visiting many corners of the country. I have spent time in the North East, Ladakh, Rajasthan and Kanyakumari, where I have seen varied cultures and the amazing diversity of the country. But wherever I go, one thing that I often see is the [...]]]> http://www.ghumakkar.com/2009/11/17/vignettes-of-coorg-a-weekend-tour/feed/ 2 http://www.ghumakkar.com/2009/10/30/being-with-birds/ http://www.ghumakkar.com/2009/10/30/being-with-birds/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:51:24 +0000 Arun http://www.ghumakkar.com/?p=7003
My biology text book had a chapter about birds when I was in ninth standard. I vaguely remember Salim Ali being mentioned as the father of Indian ornithology in the text. The chapter went on to give an overview of a variety of habitats like fields, open areas, human dwelling and forests and described about [...]]]> http://www.ghumakkar.com/2009/10/30/being-with-birds/feed/ 9 http://www.ghumakkar.com/2008/06/13/walks-in-india/ http://www.ghumakkar.com/2008/06/13/walks-in-india/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:56:02 +0000 Arun http://www.ghumakkar.com/?p=830
It has been a while I have managed to write anything on Ghumakkar. A travel related project I was trying to feature elsewhere was keeping me busy and occupied. This post is about the project. For a long time, I had been thinking that Walking Tours are not very popular in India. In many countries, especially [...]]]> http://www.ghumakkar.com/2008/06/13/walks-in-india/feed/ 11